2019 Roster Discussion
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I'd like to make a report to the mods that people are stealing my posts
Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.
I think it has been the league rule starting with the Jack Harrison trade.
This was unexpected good news.
Yep, this is the first time I think we've gamed allocation order effectively.
Regarding Torres and Haak and, to an extent, Sands - both Ofori and Parks are on loans that expire at season’s end. If they impress in the opportunities they get this year, there will be room on the roster to feature in 2020.
I love getting free money for a player we never even had!
It's the Discovery Process:
https://www.mlssoccer.com/league/official-rules/mls-roster-rules-and-regulations#discover-process
In short, each team gets to select 7 players who are not in MLS and not subject to other rules (like Allocation Ranking) and you then own their rights, and if someone else wants to sign them, they have to pay you. This being MLS, there's a ton of specific wrinkles but that's the basic idea. I presume most teams split their list between their own targets (assuming another team hasn't already claimed them) and some players they just think will be MLS-bound as you suggest.
ETA: but it wasn't the Discovery Process in this instance. Somehow we acquired Venuto's "right-of-first-refusal" which is discussed on the same page. FIIK how we did that. Maybe we made a good faith reasonable attempt to sign him and failed, which is one of the ways mentioned on that same link I posted above.
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I think the big clue that we had more than token interest was the amount of GAM we got. If you don't make a serious attempt to sign a player on your discovery list, you can only get 50k GAM.
https://www.nycfc.com/post/2019/01/...nd-jo-inge-berget-mutually-terminate-contract
New York City FC and Jo Inge Berget Mutually Terminate Contract
New York City FC and Jo Inge Berget have agreed to mutually terminate the forward’s contract, the Club announced today.
The Norwegian international striker made 23 Regular Season appearances for the Boys in Blue in 2018, scoring four goals and recording three assists.
Berget, 28, joined City from Malmo FF in January 2018 and helped his team to a third place finish in the Eastern Conference. Before NYCFC, Jo made 104 appearances for Malmo (with 38 goals and 20 assists).
New York City FC would like to thank Jo for his contribution to the Club and wish him well for the future.
New York City FC and Jo Inge Berget Mutually Terminate Contract
New York City FC and Jo Inge Berget have agreed to mutually terminate the forward’s contract, the Club announced today.
The Norwegian international striker made 23 Regular Season appearances for the Boys in Blue in 2018, scoring four goals and recording three assists.
Berget, 28, joined City from Malmo FF in January 2018 and helped his team to a third place finish in the Eastern Conference. Before NYCFC, Jo made 104 appearances for Malmo (with 38 goals and 20 assists).
New York City FC would like to thank Jo for his contribution to the Club and wish him well for the future.
Yes! I love having no strikers, who needs to score? you win by having more possession right?
LOL, they really thought they needed to Friday afternoon news dump that? Funny to see it announced at 5pm on a Friday.
I hope this means they have a replacement for him.
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